Picker stick check for looms



May 29, 1934.

L. W. HODGE Er AL PICKER STICK CHECK FOR LOOMS File'd June 30, 1933 #066725? #0 0 99M ZJUZ 5////062 y6 .NVENTQRS B'Y W ATTOR N EY Patented May29, 1934 ATENT OFFIE PICKER STICK CHECK FOR LOOMS Lewis W. Hodge, PhenixCity, Ala., and Robert B. Hodge, Atlanta, Ga.

Application June 30, 1933, Serial No. 678,514

2 Claims.

This invention relates to looms and its general object is to provide apicker stick check that can be adjustably secured to the lay of the loomfor disposal in the path of the picker stick to yieldably check themotion thereof, in a manner which will result in increased productionand a better quality of cloth.

A further object of the invention is to provide a picker stick check,that is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy toapply to various types of looms and is'extremely efficient in operationand service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing andspecifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing our invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side view illustrating my check applied to the lay of aloom.

Figure 2 is a front View thereof.

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the stop member.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the letter A indicates the lay of aloom and to which we have shown our device secured for arrangement inthe path of the picker stick B, as clearly shown in Figure 1 of thedrawing.

Our device includes a bracket provided with a relatively long body strip1 having arranged therer in a pair of spaced slots and an opening forthe purpose of receiving the bolts of bolt and nut connections 2, foradjustably securing the strip to the underside of the lay. Formed on orotherwise secured to the body strip 1 and depending therefrom as well asterminating at its free end in substantial parallelism therewith is anarm 3 having an opening in its free end.

Extending through the opening is a relatively long bolt a that issecured to the arm 3 through the instrumentality of nuts arranged uponopposite sides of the arm and while we have shown one lock washer, itwill be apparent that more may be applied if necessary. The head 5 ofthe bolt is formed thereon in a manner to be disposed off-center asclearly shown in Figure 2.

Pivotally mounted on the bolt 4 is a finger or buffer member 6 whichincludes a bearing portion '7, and arranged in the bearing portion '7 isa bushing which takes the wear, with the result the bushing can bereplaced from time to time and the buffer member will last for aprolonged period of time without replacement. The finger is re1ativelylong and is curved to a considerable degree. Secured to the outer curvedface is a strip 8 of leather or like material, and the finger isprovided with a reinforcing rib 9 on its inner curved face as clearlyshown in Figure 1.

The strip covered face is arranged in the path of the picker stick B toyieldably receive the latter and the yieldable action is brought aboutthrough the instrumentality of a coil spring 10 which surrounds the bolt4 and has one end fixed to the head 5, while its opposite end portion isdisposed about the buffer member 6 as best shown in Figure 2, so as tonormally hold the buffer member in a forward position to receive thepicker stick and to gradually retard its motion.

Disposed between the inner nut of the bolt and the free end of the arm 3is one portion of a stop member 11 which is likewise fixed to the boltthrough the instrumentality of the nuts, and disposed at right angles tothe first mentioned portion of the stop member is a transversely curvedportion 12 that follows the curvature of the bearing portion of thebuffer member. The S0 curved portion of the stop member is arrangedwithin the path of the finger portion of the bufier member to limit itsinward movement, with the result the strip covered face will be at alltimes disposed to receive the picker stick in the manner as clearlyshown in Figure 1.

From the above description and disclosure of the drawing, it will beobvious that we have provided a picker stick check for looms that willgradually retard the motion of the picker stick,

and thereby causes an easy and gentle stoppage thereof which isabsolutely necessary to produce cloth of high quality, and of coursethat action tends to increase production to a considerable extent.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of our invention will be readily apparent.

We desire it to be understood that we may make changes in theconstruction and in the combination and arrangement of the severalparts, provided that such changes fall Within the scope of the appendedclaims.

What we claim is:

l. A picker stick check for a loom comprising a buffer member includinga curved finger portion having a face covered with resilient absorbentmaterial, bracket means for supporting the buffer member with thecovered face in the path of the picker stick of the loom, a relativelylong body strip included in the bracket means, means for adjustablysecuring the body strip to the loom, an arm extending from the bodystrip and terminating in substantially parallelism therewith, a boltextending through the free end of the arm and pivotally receiving thebuifer member, tensioning means for said buffer member and secured tothe bolt and stop means to limit the movement of the buffer member inone direction and secured to the bolt.

2. A picker stick check for a loom comprising a buffer member includinga curved finger portion having a covered face, a bearing portionincluded in the bufier member, a bolt for receiving the ROBT. B. HODGE.LEWIS W. HODGE.

